Prepare. Protect. Perform.

Settle in, connect with fellow cybersecurity leaders, and prepare for a full day focused on the human side of resilience.

An opening welcome from Green Shoe Consulting and the Chicago CISO Resilience Council, setting the context for the day ahead.

A human-performance perspective on what it takes to lead, recover, and sustain performance when the pressure does not stop.

Steve Shelton is the Founder and Chief Resilience Officer of Green Shoe Consulting, a research and leadership development firm helping leaders build trust under pressure so people and organizations can sustain high performance.

After more than two decades leading in cybersecurity software at organizations including Symantec, RSA, and Proofpoint, Steve earned a master's degree in Human Performance Psychology and dedicated his work to understanding how leaders can sustain performance without sacrificing their health, relationships, or effectiveness.

He leads Green Shoe's State of Stress research and develops evidence-informed education focused on communication, resilience, decision-making, recovery, and organizational trust. His keynote combines research, practical leadership strategies, and engaging storytelling for leaders performing at their best when the pressure is highest.

A practical look at crisis leadership, decision-making, and the conditions that help leaders stay effective when the stakes are high.

Roger Cressey is a national security expert and crisis manager, and a Partner at Mountain Wave Ventures.

His session brings a practical perspective on crisis leadership, decision-making, and the conditions that help leaders stay effective when the stakes are high.

This lab connects the realities of crisis response with the human performance required to lead through uncertainty.

A chance to continue the conversation and build relationships with peers, speakers, partners, and council members.

When a cyber incident becomes a public story, technical expertise is no longer enough.

Every word matters. Every expression is scrutinized. And the pressure to communicate with clarity—often before all the facts are known—can be immense.

At the Cyber Resilience Summit, two experienced CISOs will lead a special applied session on preparing for that moment:

➡ Amy Bogac, CISO of Baker Tilly, will share firsthand lessons from leading through high-stakes situations under intense media and public scrutiny—including what the experience demanded of her as both a security executive and a human being.

➡ Julie Myerholtz, CISO of Brunswick Corporation, will demonstrate why media and PR preparation must happen before a major incident—and how training helps leaders protect their composure, credibility, and organizational trust when the pressure is on.

This will not be a conventional panel discussion. It is an applied human-performance experience designed to help CISOs understand what happens when the incident leaves the security operations center and enters the public arena.

If you are responsible for leading through a cyber crisis, you need to be in the room for this session.

Long-term value depends on operating conditions that conventional metrics often miss: whether people, partners, regulators, and leaders retain the capacity and willingness to move value forward.

Sabino Marquez, co-founder and systems architect of Trustable, will explore how leaders can make trust, operating capacity, and stakeholder confidence more visible in consequential decisions.

Drawing on more than 25 years across technology, cybersecurity, assurance, privacy, AI, education, and governance, Sabino brings a systems-level perspective to the conditions that make performance and durable value possible.

This is an applied conversation about seeing the conditions behind the decision—not just the decision itself.

A final perspective on carrying the day’s ideas forward into the realities of cybersecurity leadership.

Reflections, next steps, and a closing invitation to keep the conversation moving beyond the summit.

Continue the conversation in a relaxed setting with the leaders and peers who made the day possible.

Close out the summit with dinner, live music, and continued connection across the resilience community.